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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The functions described below operate on the current paragraph, or on a <a href="blockediting.htm">highlighted</a> block of text.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Clear all paragraph formatting</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Normal</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The editor pushes the paragraph back up to the page margin.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Set text flow in document</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">To set the text flow for:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A selected block of text, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Text Flow</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> menu option; the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Paragraph Text Flow</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog displays</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The entire document, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Edit | Document Text Flow</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> menu option; the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Document Text Flow</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog displays.</span></li>
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<p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">In either case, select the required text flow direction and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> button.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Center text</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Center</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option or press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Alt]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">+</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[8]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Right-justify text</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Right Justify</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option or press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Alt]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">+</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[9]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Justify both sides of text</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Justify Both</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Set double line spacing</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Double Space</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. A double-spaced paragraph has a blank line between each text line.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Indent paragraph left</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Indent Left</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option or press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Alt]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">+</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[L]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> </span><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the option again to increase the indent.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Indent paragraph right</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Indent Right</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option or press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Alt]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">+</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[R]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> </span><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the option again to increase the indent.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Create hanging indent</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Hanging Indent</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option or press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[Alt]+[T]</span><span class="f_Tabletext">. Select the option again to increase the indent of all lines below the first.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Keep paragraph lines together</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Keep Together</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The editor attempts to keep all lines within the paragraph on the same page.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Keep paragraph with next</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Keep with Next</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The editor attempts to keep the last line of the current paragraph and the first line of the next paragraph on the same page.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Prevent 'widow' and 'orphan' lines</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Widow/Orphan Control</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The editor attempts to avoid having:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">the first line of the paragraph on the previous page ('widow' line)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">the last line of the paragraph on the next page ('orphan' line).</span></li>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Start text on new page</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Move the cursor to the point at which to start the new page, and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Page Break Before</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Insert border and shading for text block</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight the required text and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Border and Shading</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Paragraph Box Parameters</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog displays, on which you specify which sides of the box to display (including a line between text lines), whether the lines are thick or doubled, the degree of gray shading behind the text, and the color of the lines.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Define line spacing</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight the required lines and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Paragraph Spacing</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Paragraph Spacing Parameters</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog displays, on which you specify the line spacing and the point spacing before and after lines.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Set a background color for text space</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight a text string or block of text and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Background Color</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Color</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog displays, on which you select the background color. The editor highlights the full width of the page in that color, for the selected lines.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Create a bulleted list</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight the required lines of text and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Bullet</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The editor formats the lines into a simple bullet list.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Create a numbered list</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Highlight the required lines of text and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Numbering</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The editor formats the lines into a simple numbered list.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Apply numbering to paragraphs</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set up a <a href="user_defined_list_numbering.htm">numbering list and overrides</a> (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Edit | List and Overrides</span><span class="f_Tabletext">) and <a href="user_defined_list_numbering.htm#Number">apply the numbering levels</a> to the template sections (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | List Numbering</span><span class="f_Tabletext">).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="160" style="width:160px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Apply a paragraph style from the template stylesheet</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="665" style="width:665px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Paragraph | Style</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select a Style</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog displays, listing the currently-defined paragraph styles in the <a href="stylesheetsandtableofconte.htm">template stylesheet</a>.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the required style and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> button.</span></p>
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